Wichers History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Wichers family

The surname Wichers was first found in Bedfordshire (Old English: Bedanfordscir), located in Southeast-central England, formerly part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1176 when Richard Wicher held lands.

Early History of the Wichers family

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Wichers Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Witcher, Wicher, Whitcher, Whitched, Witcher, Whicher, Wytcher, Wycher and many more.

Early Notables of the Wichers family

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Wichers migration to the United States +

Wichers Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Anton Wichers, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1844 1
H Wichers, aged 54, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1847 1

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)